Shade holder



June 16, 1931.

G. EJGLATTHAR ET AL SHADE HOLDER Filed Aug. 29. 1930 INVENTO ATTORN EYSPatented June 16, 1931 UNITED STATES PATE roFFic-E GEORGE E. GLAT HARAND FREDERICK WENING,- os cLEvn AnnoHro. assrenons roam: ART METALCOMPANY; or CLEVELAND, onro, A CORPORATION or OHIO SHADE HOLDER.

Application filed August 29, 1930. Serial in 478,574.

This invention relates to improvements in electric lightingfixtures andmore particularly, in the holders for the shades or globes thereof.

The general objects of the present invention are the provision of animproved shade or globe holder which is of eXtremelysim-ple andinexpensive construction; in which one or more, of the supportingmembers of the holder, which members yieldingly engage the rim or neckof the shade or globe to be supported, are so constructed and arrangedas to becapable of a very great number of adjustments inwardly andoutwardly toward and from the rim or neck of the shade or globe, so thatproper support of the shade or globe is always insured; and which holderis of neat and attractive appearance due, among other things, to thelocation of the supporting members of the holder within the canopy orhousing thereof, although such of said supporting members as areadjustable having the operating part of their adjusting meansconveniently but not conspicuously located outside the canopy or housingof the holder. 7 3

Further and morespecificobjects of the invention are in part obvious andin part will appear more in detail hereinafter.

The invention Wlll be readily understood from the following descriptionthereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawin gs in which Fig.1 is a side elevation of the present improved holder with a shade orglobe sup ported thereby, a part of the lower portion of said holderbeing broken away to show interior construction; and Fig. 2 is a bottomplan view of said holder, a part of the lower portion thereof being incross section to more clearly illustrate the present invention. v

The particular shade or globe holder shown-in the drawings includes asheet metal, generally bell-shaped canopy or housing 1, within the upperportion of which are suitably arranged the usual light socket andelectrical connections; Said canopy or housing is provided at its upperend with a vertically disposed, short cylindrical extension 2 having atop opening (not shown) through which extend 'the electric wires(alsonot shown). Int'he side wall of this extension are twodiametrically opposed apertures to removabl-yreceive' theinwardly bentends 3 of an lnverted, generally U-shaped holder support 4. The-bottomportion 5 of the canopy or housing 1 is of a cylindrical shape andterminates at its lower end in an outwardly rolled annular bead6.

Circumferentially spaced around and suitably secured to the innersurface of the bottom cylindrical'portion 5 of the holder are theshade-or globe supporting members thereof, threein the present instance.Thesesupporting members are adapted to yieldingly engage the rim or neck8 of ashade or globe 9 to be supported, and may be either adj ustably'or nonadjustably secured to the holder canopy or housing. In thepresent embodimenteof the invention, each of the three supportingmembers is riveted at 12 and thereforenonadjustably secured to thecylindrical body portion 5 of the canopy or housing, as clearly showninthe drawings. Two of the supporting members, 13 and 14, are alike, andhave only the yieldability ailorded by the metal of which they are made,which metal, for example, may be phosphorous bronze. The thirdsupporting member 15, however, is of a widely di-fierent form, beinghighly resilient and therefore capable of almost an .infinite number of.adjustments inwardly and outwardly toward and from the rim or neck ofthe shade or globe to'be supported. This widely adjustable supportingmember 15 pro- I vides substantially all the adjustment that isneededfor the proper support of shades or globes ofvarious sizes, so that theother supporting members,113 "and 14:, may be of the so-called'nonadjustable type.

As before mentioned, supporting members 13 and 14 have, however, theyieldability afforded by the metal of which they are made so thattheyyieldingly engage; to some extent, at least, the rim or neck 8 of theshade or globe 9. Inthe present embodiment of the invention, each ofthese two supporting members is in the form of a metal strip, bent toprovide a securing portion 17 and a supporting portion l 8,the securingportion, for

which a little more than half the strip is used, being riveted at 12 ina vertically disposed position to the inner surface of the cylindricalbottom portion 5 of the canopy or housing 1, as clearly shown in Fig. 1.The supporting portion 18 of each of these two supporting membersextends inwardly and upwardly at substantially a forty-five degree anglefrom the bottom of the securing portion thereof and terminates in anoutwardly rolled bead 20. V

The third and highly adjustable supporting member 15 includes acomparatively long, flexible strip 20 of spring metal, such as springbrass, said strip being circumferentially arranged along the innersurface ofthe bottom portion 5 of the canopy or housing with its endsriveted at 12 thereto. Thisthird supporting member is arranged inopposed relation to supporting members 13 and 14, both of which arepreferably arranged a little nearer to each other than to supportingmember 15, as shown in Fig. 2.

In nonsupporting position, strip 20 lies closely alongside the canopy orhousing bottom portion5, as indicated by the dotted line A, Fig. 2. Tomove the middle portion of this strip inwardly and outwardly into andout of supporting position, a set screw 22 is employed, said screw beingmounted in a threaded aperture in a bushing 23 non rotatably mounted inan opening 24 in the cylindrical bottom portion 5 of the canopy orhousing, as clearly indicated in the drawings. The bushing 23 ismaintained in the canopy or housing opening 24 by the enlarged outerhead of said bushing and the inner'fiange or peened-over portion 26thereof, and nonrotation of said bushing with respect to said canopy orhousing opening 24 is secured by making said opening and the middleportion of said bushing of noncircular shape, suchas rectangular, asshown, or by solderingsaid bushing in said opening, as will bereadilyunderstood.

The slotted operating head 28 of the adjusting screw 22lies outside thebushing,

and hence outside the canopy or housing so that it is convenient formanipulation but comparatively inconspicuous. The inner end of saidscrew, which may be flattened to prevent its withdrawal and possibleloss, engages the outer surface of the metal strip 20. By simply turningthis screw, the middle portion of strip 20 may be moved inwardly anydesired amount, such as to supporting positions '13 or C, or to anyother position, as will be readily understood, the number of positionsof adjustment being very great.

Proper support of the shade or globe is therefore always insured, by thesimple and convenient adjustment of a single supporting member. Shadesor globes with rims or 1 necks of all the usual sizes may be supportedin the'present holder, and if further adjustment should be needed, forany reason, the supporting portions 18 of the supporting members 13 and14 may be either knocked inwardly or outwardly the necessary amount, aswill be readily understood.

What we claim is:

1. A shade or globe holder, comprising a canopy provided within thebottom portion thereof with a pair of opposed shade or globe supportingmembers adapted for supporting engagement with the rim or neck'of theshade or globe, one of said members comprising a strip of flexiblyresilient metal having its ends secured to the canopy bottom portion andalso comprising an adjusting screw carried by said canopy bottom portionand having its inner end engaging the middle portion of said strip, sothat by adjusting said screw, the middle portion of said strip is movedinwardly and outwardly to and,

from various shade or globe supporting posi-. tions.

2. A shade or globe holder as set forth in claim 1, characterized inthat the ends of said metal strip are rigidly secured to the bottomportion of the canopy.

3. A shade or globe holder as set forth in claim 1, characterized inthat said adjusting screw is mounted in a bushing carried by said canopybottom portion.

4; A shade or globe holder as set forth in claim 1, characterized inthat said adjust-ing screw is mounted in a bushing nonrotatably carriedby said canopy bottomportion.

5. A shade or globe holder as set forth in claim 1, characterized inthat said adjusting screw is mounted in a bushing arranged in an openingin the bottom portion of said canopy, said canopy opening and that partof the bushing lying within said opening being of noncircular shape.

6. YA shade or globe holder as set forth in claim 1, characterized inthat said metal strip is of appreciable length so that the middleportion of said strip can be moved inwardly an appreciable amount.

7. A shade or globe holder as set forth in claim 1, characterized inthat said metal strip.

isofspring metal, so that it is resilient or flexible.

8. A shade or globe holder as set forth in claim 1, characterized inthat said metal strip is made of spring brass and is of appreciablelength.

In testimony whereof we hereby aiiix our signatures. v

V GEORGE E. GLATTHAR.

FREDERICK WVENING.

